The tipping point? A surprise airdrop of the native token, $BQ, to users who participated in the public testnet. Within hours, the token’s liquidity pool exploded with $100 million in value, and the token’s price surged 200% on decentralized exchanges like Uniswap. Influencers on YouTube and TikTok started dissecting BitCQ’s code, while crypto Twitter (X) went full-steam into “BitCQ is the future” territory. By mid-2024, BitCQ had signed partnerships with major Web3 gaming studios, including a high-profile collaboration with MetaPlay to power its next-gen NFT-based RPG. The project’s “burn-and-earn” model, which automatically destroys 5% of circulating supply weekly to increase scarcity, also attracted attention from long-term investors.